Life Balancing Strategies through Art Dreams And Creative
Problem Solving
Ann Sayre
Wiseman, MA, is the author of thirteen books on creative
processes and dreams. She taught at Lesley College, Teacher
Training and The Expressive Therapies. She has led workshops for
thirteen years at Esalen Institute, at the Cambridge Center for
Adult Education, and at locations abroad.
Abstract
This is an
amazing short-cut method called “The Paper-Stage”, that gives you
an overview of a problem, or a dream, tests your options, allows
you to experience new feelings, teaches negotiation skills and
workable resolutions. The power of the image, the wisdom of the
metaphor can take you deeper into new understandings, new tools
for rebalancing and redirecting your true path.
The stage is a large sheet of paper.
Using colored papers and objects you will set your stage and
revisit your issue or dream problem. Provocative questions will
move you forward. You will explore alternatives, reframe problems,
reverse roles and clarify your feelings. This method allows you to
step outside of the issue of the dream, the problem. You become
the director. Restaging a problem is the fastest way to understand
your options.
